This unusual wallaby is brightly coloured and distinctively marked. It has a fawn-grey body, white ventrally, with rich orange to bright yellow forearms, hind limbs and feet and has a prominent dark mid-dorsal stripe from top of head to middle of back. Other features include long ears with a dark auxiliary patch, white stripes on cheeks, sides and hips. It’s long tail is orange brown with irregular dark brown rings. Their habitat consists of rocky outcrops, boulder piles, cliffs, gorges and steep rocky slopes in semi-arid woodland.